A Middle-Aged Man With Unexplained Renal Failure
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Fevers, Weakness, Lactic Acidosis in a 41-Year-Old Man
A 41-year-old man presented with fevers, weakness, dizziness, and nausea… Take the clinical quiz.
An Elderly Woman With Ulcers in Her Thighs
Take the quiz on this clinical case: Which of the following is NOT associated with non-uremic calciphylaxis?
Recurrent UTIs in a 25-Year-Old Woman
Clinical case: A healthy 25-year-old woman is referred for recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI).
A Young Man With Recurrent Kidney Stones
A young man diagnosed and treated for cystinuria continues to have kidney stones. Why? Take the clinical case quiz.
Fevers After BCG Instillation Post-TURBT
A 65-year-old man with a history of T1 high-grade bladder cancer with CIS underwent successful transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT), without residual tumor on second resection. Given his pathology, his treatment plan included BCG instillations. The patient tolerated his first bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) instillation well 4 weeks after his second TURBT. After his second…
Acute Kidney Injury Associated With COVID-19 Illness
A 63-year-old man with past medical history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia was hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia after being diagnosed with COVID-19 10 days before. He was improving initially, but a few days prior to admission, he experienced worsening shortness of breath and generalized myalgia. Upon presentation, he was hypoxic and required high flow…
Erosion After Artificial Urinary Sphincter Placement
A 65-year-old male patient underwent robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and lymph node dissection for multi-focal Gleason 4+4 and 4+5 prostate cancer diagnosed by prostate needle biopsy prompted by a surveillance PSA level of 10 ng/mL. The patient had hypertension that was well managed on 5 mg of amlodipine daily, but was otherwise healthy. Final…
Bleeding After Robotic Partial Nephrectomy
A 60-year-old woman without any other medical problems underwent a right robotic-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for a 2.5 cm mid-right renal posterior cortical heterogeneously enhancing mass found on computed tomography (CT) scans (Figures 1 and 2). Final pathology revealed clear cell renal cell carcinoma with negative margins. She was discharged the next day after an uneventful…
Management of a Single Gun Shot Wound to the Scrotum
A 24 year-old African American man presented to the emergency department following a single high velocity gunshot wound to the right thigh and scrotum.
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